Appliance adapted for use as a tap wrench or vise



M. SEILLON AND E. REUTER.

APPLIANCE ADAPTED FOR USE AS A TAP WRENCH 0R VISE. APPLICATION FILED MAY29. I920- Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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MARTI v sEILLoN AND naive-s1 REUTER, or rams, FRANCE.

- APPLIANCE ADAPTED' FOR use as A TAP WRENGH on VISE.

' Application filed May 29,

T all 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN SEiLLoN- and ERNEST RnU'rER, citizens of theRepublic of France, residing, respectively, at Paris, France, haveinvented an Improved Appliance Adapted for Use as a Tap l/Vrench orVise, (for which we have filed an application in France March 6, 1919,)of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention has reference to an ad justable appliance suitable foruse as a tap wrench or hand vise.

The appliance comprises a pair of members adapted to be forced towardseach other by screws so as to grip a tap or tool in such manner as toprevent all play. The appliance may form an ordinary tap wrench or a tapwrench with a single arm for use in diificult places as in angles orcorners for example, and mayalso serve as a hand vise for holding a toolor a piece of work to be treated, in either of two positions at 90 inrelation to each other.

A constructional example of the improved appliance is shown in theaccompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation thetwo members forming the appliance.

Fig. 2 shows the members combined as a normal tap wrench;-

Fig. 3 shows the members combined to form a tap wrench for use indificult places as in corners or angles for example. i

Fig. 4 shows the members employed as a vise and holding a piece of workto be treated; and

Fig. 5 also shows the appliance in use as a vise the piece of work heldthereby being replaced by a tool held in a position perpendicular tothat occupied by the piece of work shown in Fig. 4.

As will be seen from the drawings the appliance comprises two members ofsimilar size and shape, the member 1 being formed with screw-threadedholes 2 engaged by clamping or pressure screws 3 which are engagedfreely in suitable apertures in the member 1. Each said member isprolonged to form a handle 4:, 4 and is formed upon its inner face witha series of grooves such as 5 and 6 suitable for gripping a piece ofwork in order to hold it firmly in different positions. A screw 7adjustable in one of Speeificationof Letters Patent. P t t d M 9 2 1920.Serial No. 385,348.

the members forms a stop adapted to extend any desired distance beyondthe inner face of the member in which it is mounted in order to ensurethe parallelism of the members 1, 1 when the tool is, as shown in Figs.at and 5' respectively, employed as a tap wrench for use in corners andas a vise.

What we claim is 2- 1. An appliance of the type described comprising apair of members of similar size and shape and including longitudinallyprojecting handle elements, a pair of screws engaging freely in one ofsaid members and adapted to be threaded into the other member to clampthe members upon a desired object, said members being adapted to engagethe object with their handle elements extending in a common direction orin opposite directions, the inner faces of said members being formedwith grooves for gripping the object, one pair of said grooves extendinglongitudinally inward from the ends of the said members, and anotherpair of said grooves extending transversely of the said members betweenthe said screws.

2. Air appliance of the type described comprising a pair of members ofsimilar size and shape and including longitudinally projecting handleelements, a pair of screws engaging freely in one of said members andadapted to be threaded into the other member to clamp the members upon adesired ob- 'ject, said members being adapted to engage the object withtheir handle elements extending in a common direction or in oppositedirections, the inner faces of said members being formed with groovesfor gripping the object, one pair of said grooves extendinglongitudinally inward from the ends of the said members, and anotherpair of said grooves extending transversely of the said 'members betweenthe said screws, and

an abutment screw threaded transversely! through one of said memberstoward the end thereof opposite to that having the longitudinal groove.

3. An appliance of the type described comprising a pair of members ofsimilar size and shape and including longitudinally projecting handleelements, a pair of screws engaging freely in one of said members andadapted to be threaded into the other member to clamp the members upon adesired object, said members being adapted to engage the object withtheir handle elements extending in a common direction or in oppositedirections, the inner faces of said members being formed with groovesfor gripping the object, one pair of said grooves extendinglongitudinally inward from the ends of the said members, and anotherpair of said grooves extending transversely of the said members betweenthe said screws, 10 sald members havmg also a second pair of

